Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1893, Page 3

HE SOCIAL WORLD Only Three Weeks More of the Sea- son’s Gayeties. \ THE COMING WEEK’S EVENTs. } Beme Notable Fatertainments to Look For- and and the Inaugu- r ‘Theater Parties—Dinners, | ‘Teas and Keerptions The season has just exactly three weeks to Ste credit, It has not been as dull as it was gen- | erally expe or is it likely to wind up with amy great flare of gavety. If social seasons We w always managed like this one and events f tench other in a moderate sort of a way | we vous t had em « th of ry day wi the New Year. 1 which happen # winter is not unlike others to be the I ths of an ad- In conversation with one of the abinet circle at her tbe remarked how this winter. he appar blam appreciative p the officwal a the lady repli bers now and we daty st is to introdnee the new people have an interesting two months abead on and you can't deny i | weeks many pleasant Happily for these who the weather with a merr ide the rext ne will ve od for Reaers's reneptsces, which will begin om Tuee- day uext. On T Jannary 31, Mra, Romero will rece a. There will, of eo arse, be 1 In a da Sei the ionet ambitious afair of all, the ebarity assembly. The charity assembly takes place day, Febroary 13, and importan ear. After 15th, there will t the inangaral t prominently and the will be the absorbing ba ta batt list appears all the im- f the coming week «dies of the Supreme Court | be | i He on will give a din- +My Charles Parsons and Mer. i t the were will Sto é will give the frst of her at for that day receive al om 4 to 7 b will give dinners Mm the diner dane en are Mra Elkins, Mra Aitt Morton and it is expected cabinet save Mra. John W. amaker will rec give a ree apostole dinner. helora’ fen’ Hall « Greenieat will give a 2028 P stroet. i give a tem. ling will be at ho wr The Brazen minister and Mrs. Mendonca will give a dinner Mr. FA. Kichardson gives a dinner Saturdny — Mire. Lewie Davie will give a tom, Prot. ant Mre. Eran will given dinner. Mra S. 1. Kauffmann will entertain the Lit- @rary Soci Mr. Gardiner Hubbard gives a dinner in Mr. Cyr Adams of the New York inet lady fe one of the s which the whirligic efor ua Mra Carlisle part that she has amie asa worthy belp- ‘The Carlisies have their Mrs. Carlisle ns a eeable cv i m to street, ough dail the Ad like to go there now congratulate her on this new bonor toeh ling come to ber hushead and her- | {, for with whatever degree of esteem coming President may have for his Seere- of the Treasury, there # no douwks of the @ine affection which exste between their wim When it was rather a tare thing for M= oO i to accept invitations outmde the | irele she did not tind it » very difi- | ng to atreteh the rule and goto Mra. | Carlisle. One of the most tastefully set tavles at which Mire. Cleveland was entertained Iuneheon given in her honor by | Carlisle, from which the | guests | earried awas as touvenire portraits of the imis- tress of the White House prettily mounted on | white tim ribbons The Carlisles visited the ammer st Gray Gables, and during the om period were Again the guests of the | levelomds. Owing to indixposition Mrs. Car- | Lisle has not kept her Thursdays this season, but | ft = bard:y possible that abe will be allowed to ed much longer. Miss Berry of wington has come on fer her visit to Mra, Cerise at this most interesting juncture. By one of thowe mysterious processes known only t) women it has become | pr d generally beheved among Mra Cleveland's admirers that mpany the President-elect | uguration ceremonies. It is therefore reg: ery welcome news to those who have seen} Mra Cleveland before that they will bav: that satiefaction again on the 4th of March and for those who have never seen this laty. "ho managed in such @ short time to that there will be no more | ‘or of the inauguration pro- | she. So fer as it is possible to red fact that f the 4th of March the be presided over by Mra, ws Iwill resound with the ovations hich Haby Kath will reeeive. In fact, there will be none of the faces so fa- share years missing from the gen- val jubslation. It ha» been some littl exertion of eomne them to get ap the proper degree | if evultation before the election, so that they to have all the fun they can possibly toutof it, The loyal souls, and. of course, lyn few will be mentioned, because the list | og. like the Whitneys, the Dickinsons, | the Bavards and all the rest from i be bere to add eclat to tne oc- arly all ofg them will be quar- fered at the Arlington, where the Clevelands will beand # happy and united family, it, will be | Mr. aod Mrs. A. J. Halford gave one of the Dest « d teas of the week vesterday in | Rhenor of the newly wedded couple im their family, Mr.and Mrs. George Cooper Dean. The Bowne prettily decorated with trailing | ens and Louquets of white roses were taste- fully ;'sced about the mantels and tables, Me. Hal d had her brother and sister stand- fe ber during the reception, the bride wearing ber wedding gown. In the ‘receiv- fog party were Mey. mother of the ontewm, Mire Lansing, Miss Foster, J.C. Barrows, Mrs. . E. Curtis, who champagne punch in the ball, where aj bt Sire onthe hearth and ail manner of cozy | features made it @ spot very pleasant toremem- | tev Tn the dining room ‘Mrs. Walter Wellman Prewuird at one end of the table and Miss Jean- wette Halford at the other. Mra. P. V. DeGraw very abiv assisted in the Lospitalities. Among the guests were: Mrs. Jobn W Foster, | ‘Mew Noble and the Misses Halsted, Mrs. Chas. FE. Foster, Mra, and Miss Rusk. Mrs. Romero, | pow fm a J. W; ; ; =| oe ite David §. tative a Mew Tow 1. Johnson, ire. Rowe Thou | =— Ie Thonn; . Mies Waite, Mise * Mrs. Mrv. J. W. Pilling was at home yesterday af- BEEN APS throngs of friends filled Mer spa- muse. For the last hour the large y. the hail with all ite cozy corners the large Ging room were filled with chatting Se mas a thom Mer. Pilling found a mo- | va of greeting. In all the rooms fragrance of nateures, Hace and Tosee | i evidence of the season to come, hb oem so far off thik cold weather. fire. Pilling received dress of wbite suk Bospitalitics he eters <= nd Behmidt, Miss Sorte. Mis Clephane. Mixa pon, Mie Jansen, Mise Pilling. Mi he end young room in t f | State | will give for Miss C | New York retary of legation, was at home to callers y afternoon. Mra. n’s home is full of interesting far-away country, of which sbe is such @ charming Tepresentative. Among the social events of this evening will be the theater party which Mrs Whittemore dine first with Mr. ‘amy Miss Wileox. sol Mra. Butterworth was at bome to callers yes~ terday afternoon at ber home in Le Droit Park. Her daughter, Mrs. Howe, has returned to or ‘the rest of the winter and, as usual, is busy with a new course in music and the languages, which she bas taken up. She is going abroad again ig June to remain all the summer. Mise Mary E. McCeney has cards out for a tea on Monday, February 6, at the Shoreham, from 4 to 7. Mra. J. Hartley Soule will be at home on v8. February 2 and 9% Mrs. Robert J, Wynne will not receive next Tuesday. Another of the pleasant receptions of yester- | day afternoon was at Miss Ellis’ home, corner of 17th and N streets. The hostess herself being # charmingly represented by d Miss Virginia Butler and Miss ho presided at the tea table. Mrs. Winthrop, who is at home to her friends Fridays in this month, had large reception yesterday. Miss Cronse, daughter of ex-Representative Cronse, will be the guest next week of Miss Bradford at her home, 1751 Corcoran street. ‘The annual charity ball. which is announced for January 31, promises to be one of the most | brilliant occasions of the winter. The list of patronesses, which are announced in ancther | two Fridays in February in her apartments at | column, proves that the ball will be attended by the most prominent people in society. There | is no need to «peak of the merits of the charity for which the ball is given. It bas long had & leading place in the bearts ot Washingtonians. ital board, the Indy patronesses, the ers and every one elve engaged in management are determined that the ball this season will outdo every previous effort. } Tho Monday night reeéptions which have | been given during December and this month by the Secretary of State und Mra. John W. Fos- | been amo Winter. They were informal occasions, in «| measure. none but verbal invitations were | given, buteach night about fifty or seventy: five persons attended, mainly, of course, | from among the diplomatic —_corps, | for whose enjoyment these _ receptions were planned. ‘The concluding — one | which was given on Monday Inst, was, if ponsible, | more interesting thanany of the others. Among | those present were the Vice President and Mrs. Morton, neatly all the members of the cabinet, ‘a number of personal friends and a large repre- sentation of the diplomatic corps, The Secrotary and Mrs. Foster are engaged | out for dinner parties until next Thursday even- ing. On Friday next they hope to start for town, where they will remain three or four days with thefr danghters, Mrs, Lansing and Mra. Dalles. A number of entertainments | have been planned for them by New York frien the days previous to their sailing on Febru- ary & ® | During their long absence in the old world, the Secretary and Mrs. Foster will travel ex: | tensively. They expect to be away at least a) ve j | Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard gives a gentlemen's dinner party complimentary to Mr. Cyrus C. | Adaras of the York Sun next Saturday | evening. Mr. F. A. Richardson has sent out invitations | for a dinner party on Friday evening. ‘Theater parties are very fashionable just now | and it coms to be.n goog) time, to suggest that many people like to be @mfortable as well as fashionable. When persons of these mod- erate views go to the theater and are so unfor- tunate to be seated near a party who. just came because it is fashionable to do so and who talk and giggle right through the per- formance. their enjoyment is turned to abject mivery. Persons who interrapt the pleasures of others are m the ordinary usages of polite considered to be illbred, but they even deliberately rob people of the’ enjoyment for which they have paid their money to secure. Xx parties are proverbial for their lack of coa- sideration, but the habit of talking so loud as to interfere with the pleasure of those near seems to be spreading to the orchestra. Mrs. Jobn W. Macartney entertained a num- ber of young friends at a delightful progressive | heart party on Thursday evening. There were | six tables of players and the prizes for the vic- torious ones were unusually handsome. An cle- gant supper was served late in the evening, and | it was a good deal later even than that when the party finally broke up, charmed with the | success of the evening, ‘The L’Allogro Piensure Club held its regular meeting at the residence of Miss Allie Bortle, 1920 #th street porthwest. The club was visited by Mr. V. Hurley. The next meeting will be held at Mins Annie Syod's, 1824 Sth strect north- | west, Friday. Mrs. Charles Kauffinann and Mise Kauffmann | will be at home on Fridays at 1015 8th street. Mrs. Representative Harmer and Mra. Bee- | side will not receive Monday next, but on. the | following. A delightful suprise party was given Wed- nesda ing, January 18, to Miss Grace Glover at 1539 ‘9th street northwest in honor of her birthday. During the evening many games were plaved, after which refreshments | were served. The table was very tastily dec- orated with flowers. Among those present were Misses Maggie Campbell, Mabel Crews, | Grace Glover, Alberta Dennison, Mary Mont: | gomery and Edith Smith and Messrs. David | ‘Tyrrell, Jomes Sherry, Henry Handford, Harry | Plait, Charlie Giover. Frank Lannon, David Houston, Eugene Gough. ‘Last evening a big four-horse-sleigh load of young people from Falls Church bad an enjoy- | le evening and good supper ut Mr. Baxton’a, No. 1229 Sth street northwest. In the party were the Misses England, Heffver, Munson, | Rice, Kow and Searle and the Messrs. Mankin, Merry, Row, Fadely, Muir and Jacobs. The | party were met in Georgetown by Messrs. Btrt | aml Bronsoy Buston, Mies Fannie Fearson and | Mins Louise Caflin. At the house they were re- | ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Buxton, the Minees | Stinging and Miss Black. At 11:30 o'clock the | party started on their merry ride back to Falls Chureb. Mrs. H. O. Hall and Miss Ethelwyn Hall will be at home to their friends informally on Mon- | days at 102 9th street southeast. Many of the friends of Mrs. Dr. Sites renewed | their former acquaintance with her on Thurs. | dav, and Mrs. Lacey’s handsome parlors snd | refreshment room were filled all afternoon. | Mra. Lacey was also assisted by her niece, Mrs. | Sumpter, and Miss Kector. ‘The residence of the Misses Fitzgerald, 608 F | street southwest, was the seene of o merry | gathering last evening. Vocal and instru- mental music, games and dancing were en- joved until 11 o'clock, when all repaired to the | dining room, where a bountiful collation | awaited them. Among those present were Mins | F. Forrest, Misa Celia O'Donoghue, Miss Hose Rabbitt, Miss Bertha Kaiser, Mins Maggie } } | Lattus, Miss Mamie O'Donoghue, Miss Hamil-| ing at the residence of Mr. 8. H. Kauffmann ton, Miss J. Loftus, Miss A. Johnson, Mis | Maggie O'Donoghue, Mins Eva Parker, Mins | | Lizzie Loftus and Miss Welch and Mr. N. Gray, | terday afternoon to éallers. Mr. Geo. Pierce, Mr. G. B. Woolridge, Mr. Jobn O'Donoghue. Mr. Edw. Van Horn, Mr. W. M. Hudson, Mr. Hazen, Mr. M. Guinea, Mr. | G Miles, Mr. D. O'Leary, Mr. T. Guinea, ir. Jobn O'Day, Mr. P.J.Drary, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. J.J. Brosnan, Mr. J. H. ‘Van Horn, Mr. Chas. Kaiser and Mr. John Bowers. Mrs. William F. Byrnes, 35 B street south- east, assisted by the Misses Granger of Con- necticut, will receive her friends on Monday, January’ 23. Bire, A.C. Geer and Mra. Judge Olin will receive on Tuesdays, January 24 and 31, at 1223 N street. Mra. Dr. Arthur J. Hall, assisted by her Miss Alice Clagett, Mise Annie Turpin, Mra. Ella Thompson and Mr. Fenton Bradford have left the eity to be present at the wedding of Mise Maggie D. Clagett and Lieut. Chas. P. Inas, eleventh infantry, which the 25th instant at the brother, land, New J. Rozier bell. The guests will all | Mrs. Wiyittemore and | | Hazard, Mrs. G.C. Rush, Mrs, and Miss Wat- | friends.on Tucedays after January"24 at 908 K | | (Grace Greenwood) will receive informally with chairman; | Thomas Cox, secretary and treasurer; | Charles E. O'Connor, Jerome A. Magee, Joseph R. Cassin, Gi H. O'Connor, G. Talbot Walsh, Harry B. Merritt, Howard B. Hodge, C. De V. Vining, B. M. Bridgett, John C. 8. Mc- ‘Laughlin. Mrs. Frederick C. Stevens, 1628 16th street, is at home on Wednesdays, ‘Mrs. Myron’ B. Wright, 1110 P street north- Dr. Thomas D, Ingram, Misses Falkenbury and Enloe. Mrs. M.N. Johnson, 123 Maryland avenue northeast, will receive on Mon assisted by ‘Mrs. Dan Waugh of Indiana, M: land, Miss Fannie Taylor, Miss Lilga Wicks and | Miss Lena Ramsdell. 23 A pleasant surprise party was given last evening to Miss Annie Carr at the home of her sister, Mrs, Frank W. Dowling, 1411 29th street northwest. Games of varions kinds and other amusements were enjoyed until a late hour. Mrs. Francis E. Greene, at the navy yard, will not receive on Mon January 23. Mrs. Carlisle, the wife of Senator Carlisle, has not been in good health this winter and for | that reason will not hold any receptions during | the present society season. Mrs. W. Woodville Flemming is still ill, but hopes to’be able to receive her friends the first the Normandie, Several of the alumn and former students of the Elmira College met at Misses Wilber’s, 1719 15th street, Thursday for the purpose of forming an association of the college students. ‘They desire to hear from all former students in the city. The next meeting will be held at the same place February 2 at 3 p,m. Miss Weakley of Carlisle, Pa., is visiting Miss ‘Tracy at 1508 Q street. Mrs. Burr R. ‘Tracy and Miss Tracy will be g the leading events of the! at home Wednesdays, January 25 and Feb-| ruary 1. Mrs. Senator Pettigrew will not receive on Monday. Miss Fanny Oliphant will leave for Tarpon Springs, Fla, Monday next, to remain until May 1. Mrs. Neilson entertained the Cosmopolitan Sbakespearéan Club at her home on 10:h street southeast Monday evening. The meeting was well attended. It way decided by way of change to have a paper and Miss Forster was chosen editor. The reading of Richard Third was con- tinued, and after refreshments were served by | the hostess Mts. Rockwood, Mrs. Beane and Mr. Chipley each gave admirable recitations next regular meeting will be at Mrs, 236 9th street northeast. Ensign and Mra. H. B. Hogentt, formerly Miss Marie Hayden, have returned from their wedding trip, and will be pleased to see their friends at their home, 1129 14th street. Miss Lottic Allan, who has been visiting in Boston, bas returned. to her hoine, 1501 11th street northwest. Miss Allan of 1501 11th street northwest has issued cards for a dance on the 25th. Mr. and Mrs. Orth leave Washington on Thursday next for the Ponce de Leon, where they will remain until April. Mra. 8. F, Miller will be at the’ Arlington a few weeks longer. Many friends call to wel- come her home from Colorado Springs. where she left her granddaughter, Miss Corkhill, with her daughter, Mrs. Touzalin, for the winter. The ‘Deutsche Lesckreis” held its usual mublic meeting at the residence of Miss Emily Proctor, No. 1027 224 street northwest, on ‘Tuesday evening. It was weil attendedand the program weil rendered. Among those present were Dr. and Mra, C. “A. von Hartleben, Mr. and Mrs. Wetzel, Mrs. and Miss Proctor,” Me. and Mra. Whitaker, Mrs. Representative Ge W. Smith and Miss Smith, Mr.and Miss Pulizzi Mr. and Mrs. G. Wagner, Dr. and Mrs, Daw,the | Misses Hancock, Gibson and Rueckert, Mra. | son, Mra. and Misk Reichenbach, the Misses | rt, Milier, Fitzsimmons, Fanny Beail and | Koogle, Mra. D. Morgan, Mrs. E. 8. Rockwell, Mesare. Kirchner, Dr. J. E. Bliss, Asdikian, | Yeates, Fitzsimmons and Skatsch. Mr. and Mrs. John Schweitzer of 613 Rhode Island ‘avenne gave a pleasant party to their daughter Erma last ‘Tuesday evening in honor | of her fourth birthday. After games refro-h- | ments were cerved. Among those’ present were the Misses Gracie Meyers, Ruth Moore, Aggie Bruseke, Bessie Evans, Mayie Buker, Sadie Weaver, Massie Miller, Mamie Spindler, Locise Hoover and Bertha Covey, and Masters Ernest Keister, Herbert Mevers, Henry Zeh, Herbert Daley, Jeme Miller, Hatry Hoover, Louis Glaser, Frank Glick and Walter Covey Mrs. Franck H. Loving will be at home to her | atreet. - Mr.and Mrs. J. B. Henderson will have a/ dibner company on Monday to meet Mr. Chas. | Parvons and Mr. Gibson of Bt, Louis. ‘Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Lippincott Mrs. Halbert 8. Greenleaf at 109 Int street | northeast Monday, the 23d, afternoon and even- | ing. ‘The Columbia Pleasure Club held their third | annual meeting at the residence of Mr. E. | Brablerf@410 Sth street northwest, on Thurs- | day evening. Among the members present | were: M.L. Brahler, president; E. Brahler, | secretary: G. Caspar, treasurer, H. Beirman, G. Glotzback, J. Caspar, K. Palmer, L. Brah: | ler, G. Brahler, J. Schmitt, C. Me Williams and | J. ‘Lochbeler. ' After the mecting was over the members indulged in an ovster supper, very | nicely fixed up by Misses Ella Brabler, Katie Brabler and G. Dement. Among the recently announced engagements is that of Mies Carrie Potts, sister of Mre. Fred | Herring, toa young Baltimorean. Miss Potts is a guest of Mrs, Col. 'T. C. English of-N street. Mrs. David MeKitchie is also visiting Mrs. English. Mrs. Sam C. Lemly gave a breakfast party last Thursday morning. ‘The guests were Mrs, Greeley, Mra. Milliken, M: wood, Mra. Denny, Mrs. 3 vy. Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. MeCrea, Boyd and Mrs. Holcombe. A novel entertainment, a Dickens contest, was given by Miss Lydia Dalton on Tuesday evening at her home, on Capitol Hill, to enter- tain the Teaspoon Club. Among those present Misses Hughes, Hopkins, Misses Murgarot and Helene Johnson, Misses Amelia and Lyda Dalton, Willenbucher, McKim, Mrs. A. H. Gaddis and Mrs. Truman Graves, Messrs, Mengert, Leavitt, Boone. Dyre, ' Frazier, Ballou, Sabin, Gaddis and Dr. Eiliott, Mrs. Ralph Lee Galt's “xt home” yesterday was one of the prettiest of the season. Mins alt was assisted by Miss Miller, Mrs. Barnes, Miss Hooe and Miss Shock. ‘The Literary Society will hold its next meet- next Saturday evening. Mrs. Caystana Romero was at her home yes- ‘The Wednesday Social Club of Garrett Park held its weekly meeting Wednesday last at the residence of Mrs. Beverly Galloway. This club has been known formerly as the Dorcas Society, but on reorganizing January 1 the name was changed to the Wednesday Social Club. The west, will receive on Monday, assisted by Mra. | A. Cleve- | Neatly Tour hundved of Hattie present four hut its: were Among the ladies it were the following: Misses Mathews, Moore, Martin, I. Brown, Brown, Mary Brown, Garnet, Campbell, Wash- ington, Wright, N. Washingion, Craig, Simms, Ross, Carter, Cornell. Wii Carter, Lacy, Allen, Mrs. Kate Ross, Missge Butler, Pound, Phillips, Lewis, Mrs. Barker, Gibson, Stewart, Reynolds, Taper. Wood and Franklin. A pleasant masquerade party was held at the residence of Mr. Henry Sietz at Bowie, Md., on the 18th instant. Many beautiful costumes were worn. Dancing was the order of the even- ing, and at midnight a bountiful collation was served, after which dancing was resumed and continied far into the night. Among the many resent were Miss Majors and Mr. Griffiths of "timore, Messrs, Will and Berry Early of ‘Miss Lawless, Miss White and Miss Mitchell of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. 81 , Mr. and Mrs, Charters, Mr. and Mrs, Fagan, Mr. and Mra. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius, Mrs. Browu, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Bell, the Misses Charters, Thompson, Fagan and Ire- land, Messrs. Pitcher, Seners, Mullikin, Weak- Jey, Porter, Wells, Sietz, Bell, Lanham, Brady and Dr, Ryan of Bowie. Last evening the Occidental Club entertained large number of friends at their first com- limentary hop held at MeCauley's Hall, Every lady who attended was the recipient of a beautiful Japanese fan tied with the club's | colors—red, orange and black. Among che guests were: Miases Mae Barnes, Pert Larman, Lillian Harrington, Bertie | Reeves, Cora Semmes, Louise Ennis, Louise | Bartlett and sister Edith Emma Jordan and ister, Lau ter, Garges, Blanche White, Marbk Gertie Larman, Gibson, Ali Cross, Poole and Messrs. Atkinson, irter and sister, Zelda ‘Tappan, | King, McKeldin, Tralles, Warner, ‘Schilling, Nottingham, Adams, Helm, Dawso Ward Harrington, fred and Arthur Copeland, Childs and Roberts, ‘The committee in charge were—C. E, Me- Gowan, master of ceremonies; A. C, Wiley and A. McKenzie, floor committee; W. F. Newcomb, W. C. Hare and C, R. Mahan, reception com- mittee, ‘The Occidental Club was organized January 7, 1898, with . E. McGowan as president, A. L. Grrison, vice president, A. C. Wiley, secretary and B. F. Grimes, treasurer. The Club will probably tender their friends another dance beforo lon; cucuniiaitahepie, Ae eee SHOOTING STARS, “What is the matter with me S@r the original ank-tic explorer?” said Noah. ACALAMITY HOWL. Tho people all get frightened at a headache ora cold, And they turn from all frivolity and fun; And it’s useless to assure a man it’s safer to be bold, For the microbe has the nation on the run. Ed and “Did you goand tell your papa that Mrs. Fizzlegass is here?” said the little tot’s mother. ‘Yes'm. “What did he say?” “Tcan't tell.” Why not?” Sos ‘tain’t polite to whisper in company.” Who is this man—he must exist Somewhere on land or #ea— Who makes the price of coal so much More than it onght to be? “The other fellows,” each one says, “Are more to blame, by far!” Who, what will tell us where or who ‘The other fellows are? A canoe club—the paddle. “Not eat pie with my knife, comer in haughty scorn; “perhaps “What's the matter?” said his friend, have been having trouble again,” “Yes. I prdposed to Miss Nippens about an hour ago.” “Did she say 20?” “Yes. And whenIasked her whether there exact means of measuring my mental capacity she couldn't ey.” eho AE SS WOMAN'S WORK AT THE FAIR. Mrs. Potter Palmer Sanguine of the Suc- cessful Outcome of the Board's Labors. Mrs, Potter Palmer, whose published portr have as yet failed to do justice to her beauti- ful face and charming presence, isin this city atthe Arlington, Sho is here to present her report as president of the board of lady mana- gers of the world’s fair. “No one thing can work a revolution,” said Mrs. Pottet Palmer this morning to Tue Star representative, “and so we do not expect to accomplish all we wish at ouee. We are assured that our exhibit at the fair will meet with our most sanguine expectations, and the re- ports, foreign and domestic, we are now ‘receiving are most encouraging. The exhibition of. woman's handiwork that will be collected and.exbibited will be » revelation.” When Mrs. Palmer's attention was called to the dispatch from fllinois that the supreme court had overruled the decision of the lower court that women could not vote at #ehool elec: ions, and thus established their right to do 80, she said: I do not care to express myself upon woman's political future. We have studiously avoided the discursion of political opirions, especially the right of suffrage, for each side has its supporters m the board. There are more important thingsat stake, perhaps, than woman's political welfare, and we believe that our de- partment wili do much to accomplish her el jon and the placing her upon an equalit with men in the struggle for existence. We need in this country more technical schools. Though, perhaps, as equally capable at present | women cannot progress and rise from the ranks by her own exertions as men. Yet in decorative pottery and etabroider: tapestries and the weaving of textile fabrics this country she has shown her superiority by her work aud by the patents awarded her, par- ticularly in pottery and in the blending of | the colors beneath the glazed surfaces, the exquisite beauty of which attracted so much attention at the Paris exposition. We ask for "$93,500 to complete the work we have before tis.” ica shid atprisidataed eal Ladies of the G. A. R. In ed. Alarge audience. gathered at the Congrega- tional Church last evening to witness the first public installation of officers of Grant Circle, No, 1, Ladies of the G. A. K. The installing officer was Mrs. Carrie V. “heriff of Pennsyl- vania, national president, and the officers in- stalled were Mrs. Nellie C. Royce, president; Mrs. Sarah Thorn, senior vice president; Mra, Lillian Overacker, junior vice president: Miss Margaret Buckley, treasurer; Mrs. Margaret Armour, chaplain; Mra. H. J. Devoe, con- next meeting will be held at Mra, Howard Dor- sett’s, January 25, ‘The second meeting of the Fortnightly was held Tuesday night in the parlors of the Wimo- danghsis, 1328 I street northwest. ‘The exer- with “Robert of Lincoln” by Miss ‘Anite rie, Mme. Dagny Bolland rendered “Grand Valse,""vocal from the Italian, Venzano, ’ os and as « recall, eo i party last night. At the supper taste ek by Mus Bare, Mesere “Wells, ‘Moore errett. Among those present were ‘Dorman, Lizzie ductor: Sra Mary J. Ping, guard, and Mrs ‘ul , secretary. ie program con- sisted of addresses Sheriff, Gen. Yoder, Adjt. Street, Gen. Clay Smith, Mr. J. Don; of New York and Congressman Pickler and musie by the G. A. 1 Musical D. ©, Division L. A. W. Notices are displayed on the league bulletin boards that a musicale and soiree will be- given on Thursday, February 9, in the’ Builders’ Ex- change Hall. This will be the ‘first of a series of attractive indoor entertainments tendered to the Indy members of the league and to the lady friends of league members. The officers of the District division L. A. W. {s, revising and elaborating H iF: i é i é : ad i fs } z ris A f i H fe ef 8 i s ti | Brandywine, Mrs. Steinburg and ‘daughters, | Miller, Cross, Gibson, Al- | was room for hopé' the said that as there was no | THE U. S. 8. “BROOKLYN. THE CRUISER BROOKLYN. The New War Vessel Designed by the Navy Department. THREE-4ILLION-DOLLAR SHIP WHICH 18 EXPECTED TO BE SUPERIOR TO ANY VESSEL OF ITS KIND—A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE RAFT FOR WHICH A CONTRACT HAS BEEN ‘MADE. The Navy Department has just executed a contract with Cramp & Sons, shipbuilders, of | Philadelphia, for the construction of the ar- | mored cruiser Brooklyn. She will be 1,000 tons | larger than the New York, said by good author- ity to be the finest all-around ship in the U. 8. may and carries heavier armament tba. that vessel. The speed of the two vessels is about | the same—20 knote—but the Brooklyn carries | one-fifth more coal and will be able to steam | from New York around the Horn to San Fran- cisco without recoaling. The extra divplace- ment of the Brooklyn has been used in im- | proved seagoing qualities, coal endurance and | battery power. A forecastle deck has been | Sdded, the freeboard forward increased eight feet and the forward turret correspondingly raised. The result is that the forward guns can be worked in a rough sea, while the |erew secure greater comfort by _ their increased berthing space? The “tumble home ides amid-hips give an easier curve of stabil- | ity, a decrease in weight of hull to make -u | Partly for the increased freebqard forward, and, | | above all, a fore-und-aft fire for the broadside | turret guns. The Brooklyn carries two more | | 8-inch guns thaa the New York, and her twelve rapid-fire guns are 5-inch instead of 4-inch, The placing of the main battery is also made more effective than in the New York. The prin- cipal dimensions of the Brooklyn are as follow: | | ! | Length on load line. 400.50 feet. | Beam, extreme..... 64.83 feet. | Draught, mean, normal. 24.00 feet. | Displacement, normal. 9,150.00 tons. | Displacement, trial... 8,150.00 tous. | | Indicated horse power. 16,000.00 | Speed in knots per hour. 20.00 | Total coal capacity... ., 1,650.00 tons, | Coal carried on normal displace- ment... 900.00 tons. ‘This vessel will have twin screws. the engines to be of the vertical, triple-expansion type, four in number, two on each shaft and in four compartments,’ the forward engines to be readily uncoupled from the after engines for | | cruising at low speed. The boilers are placed | in three compartments and are seven in num- ber, five of them being double-ended and two single-ended. The hull is to be of steel, not sheathed, with double bottom and close, water- tight subdivision to about twelve feet above the water line, The arrangements of decks above water will provide ample freeboard and berth- | ing accommodations, THE MILITARY sAsTs. It is contemplated to fit two military mé with fighting tops to carry no sait, ‘The boate | will be stowed clear of the blast of the guns, but two lifeboats must be so carried that th may be readily lowered under all conditions of weather, Protection of the hull is tobe afforded by | means of a steel protective deck worked from | stem to stern and, supported by heavy beams, | The bottom edges of this deck, amidsbips, are to be five feet six inche: low the 24-foot water | . the top of the deck rising to this water line enter of the vessel. jortions the armor is to be forward and abaft the ma- Below this dec! fe are to be placed | the propel- ing machi teering gear, magazines, (side of the vessel amidships, | to be affo I ried | said that “her offensive an rooms and all that is ordinarily styled “the vitals of a warship.” Protection of the hull from injury to the water-line region is to be afforded by means of ing the length of the machinery and boiler space, and indepth from four feet above the 24-foot water-line to four feet three inches be- low thatdine. Within this armor belt and skin plating and above the armor of this belt’ band about 315 feet wide, of cellulose, is to extend the whole length ofthe vessel in’ depth from the armor deck to the berth deck. It is intended to carry coal above the armor deck for a length corresponding to the inner | bottom. The si between the armor deck and the deck aKoveis tobe subdivided by water-tight buikheads into at least thirty-nix coal bunkers, exclusive of coferdam anu pas- sages. The «pace forward and abaft these bunk- er to be well subdivided by water-tight bulk- heads for stores, &e. A conning tower of not less than 73¢ inches | in thickness is to be carried in a suitable com- manding position, having a tube to the pro- teotive deck of not less than 5 inches in thick- ness for the protection of speaking tubes, bell wires, &c. THE BATTERY. The battery of the vessel is to be: Fight 8 inch B. L. R. of 35 calibers, 12 5-inch B. L. BR. R. F. guns, 12 6-pounder rapid-fire gans, 4 1- pounder rapid-fire guns, 4 machine guns, 2 field gums, The eight-inch guns will be mounted in four barbetie turrets, placed one forward and one aft on center line of vessel and one on either The guns in the line of the ship are to turrets cn the center ‘havea train of 310 degrees, those in the side | turrets to fire from right ahead to right astern or to train through an are of 180 degrees The center of side turrets to be distant from the center line of the veasel about twenty- feet. The armor forming the barbettes, which will protect the carriages, platforms and turret machinery, to be eight inches in thickness for 4 portion at least equivalent to the train of the guns of the respective turrets: the remaining portions may be reduced to four incles in thick- ness. Under the turrets there will be placed three-inch armor-supporting tubes, whicn will | also protect the ammunition hoist, ‘The armor of the turrets to be five and one- halt inches in thickness and the guns so mounted that they can be supplied with am- munition and loaded in any position of train, ‘The five-inch guns are to be protected by fixed segmental shields four inches in thickness. The crews of these guns are to be further protected ‘from explosive shells by eplinter bulkheads one | case.” and one-half inches in thie! exs. Protection is orded the smualler guns by shields and extra side plating, Ths torpedo outfit isto consist of five torpedo tubes, one in the bow and two on each side, six torpedoes and a suitable allowance of gu ton for mines miscellaneous purpose Provision is tobe made for defense. against torpedo attacks by means of steel ring nets car- by outrigger booms, Distilling apparatus and evaporators will be fitted for tresk water supply the allowance of water to be carried to be sufficient for tifteen days, besides water for sanitary purposes, _ There will be an electric lighting plant con- sisting of two divisions, each division baving an engine and dynamo and each dynamo bav- ing a rated output of 400 amperes at 80 volta. ‘The ship-will havea radius of action at full specd of 1,792 knots and a radiws of action at ten knots'of 6,216 knots, fhe complement of officers and men will be 566 persons, The bull and fittings were designed by the bureau of construction and repair und: direction of Chief Constructor T. D. Wilson, United States navy, and the machinery by the bureau of steam engineering under the direc- thon of Engincer-in-Chiet George W. Melville. ‘The vessel ‘im all its parts is to be of domestic manufacture. OF this vessel the Secretary of the Navy has defer iti greatly surpass those of any CHOLERA AND DIPLOMACY. The Part Taken by the American Legation During the Persian Epidemic. Ina dispatch sent to the State ‘Department | by Mr. Truxtun Beale, the minister to Persia, | the creditable part taken by the American lega- | tion during the cholera epidemic, and espe- | cially by Mr. Williams C. Fox, the American charge d'afftires, is set out. The dispatch eay “I think it will be of interest to the govern- | ment to know that the cholera here and in the | east, as an epidemic, is over, and that it will be | amatter of satisfaction to the department to | hear that in the country where the ravages of this epidemic were the greatest—Persia—our representative and the Amcrican missionaries did credit to the American name. Our repre- | sentative remained at his post. It has been re- ported to me since I left Persia that when the choleta was at its height and the people in ‘Teheran were dying in the streets it occurred to Mr. Williams C. Fox, our representative, to open the American hospital to people of all re- ligious. After a conference with the mission- aries of that station it was found that they had not funds sufficient to carry out Mr. plan. Mr. Fox at once applied to the m: | of the otber countries, who warmly 6 | his plan and gave it substantial aid, This im- | mediately brought our representative to the | front as one of the leaders of the foreigners in Versia. All news that the foreigners received in reiation to the epidemic came through and | ‘om him. The Engiich officials placed their | ystem of government telegraphs at his disposal, ‘The hospital was filled with Europeans, Persians and Armenians. The indirect effect of this | work was very great. It came ata time when | most needed. When Tleft that country (Persia), a few months ago, western enterprises were n disfavor. ‘The tobacco monopoly bad been | abolished. ‘The export privileges of that com- | pany had’ been taken from it, the managers of other western enterprises feared they would not have the aid and good will of the Persians. of the leading Persians were objecting to all attempts to develop Persia by mens of west- ern capital. The people of western nations had reached the very zero of their unpopularity. ‘The hospital work arrested the feeling of dis- trust that was rapidly spreading in Persia, It remained for Mr. Fox and the missionaries, who co-operated with hitn, to restore the faith and | confidence in foreigners that seemed for a time to be lost. The conception of this plan and the vigor with which our representative and the | | missionaries executed it bave done more for | | American prestige in Persia than anytiting that has been done since our legation there was o6- tablished.” A Successful Entertainment. ‘The musical and literary entertainment which was held last night at Ballston Presbyterian Church at Ball's Cross Roads, Va., was suc- cess in every particular and a large sum was realized, which will be used in liquidating®the debt on the church. The program was a long and interesting ‘one snd, the several numbers were enjo: ‘Those who partici were Mim Jenne Foster, Sen. ‘Medillan, Mew em t, the Schutt Quartet, Mr. Netson Wood. inwell, Mr. Patten, Miss Minnie Reed and the West Washington Club. An Interesting Whist Contest. ~ ‘There will be an interesting whist contest at the Capital Bicycle Club this evening. It will be the Capital crack team, consisting of C. M. Barrick, H. M. Lowe, Jules P. Wooten and H, W. Bingham,against the famous Hamilton team WASHINGTON MARKETS. The butter market is expecially strong. The severe weather has had the effect of dimini ing the production and the shipments. Cream ery of perfect quality has become scarce, and the prices on tbat line are almost prohibitive. All grades are sympathetic and rolls are in re- quest. Elgin, faney and other western extras are uoted at 35¢.; firsts. 31a8%0.; eeconds, 27029. ; fair to good, 24a25c. ; imitation, 26a28c.; imita- tion seconds, 21a28c.; fancy creamery print, 35 a38e.: New York tubs, primo, 27a28c.; good, : dairy print, '28a30c.; western dairy : good, 18a20c.; western factory ood, 2a2%e. Virginia and Mary- land products have advanced in the same ratn, Eggs have ceased to be regarded as a neces »With the present quotations the limited i supply is eayal to the demand. Near-by fresh | are 36c.a8Tc. ; wentern fresh, 35¢.a36e. 5c adbe.: 1ce house, 34c.a35e.; limed, 20c. The poultry line is dull. The receipts have been light, but enough. The prospects are that the prices will range higher during the next few days, Turkeys, drawn, eight-pound aver- do. "large, 13al4; do. all 3; undrawn market is strong and prices fairly stiff. Sweet potatoes have the call, Fancy are selling at $4034.50 per barrel and Eastern shore. $3a #350. Cabbage range from @5a%8 T 100. Fruiis, live stock, dressed stock and cured meats, game and dried fruits stand as when last quoted, ee ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA COMMITTEES IX WASHINGNON. Messrs. Michael B. Harlow, thecity treasurer; J. H. Barret and Ed M. Birnll of this city paid 4 visit to Washington today to meet at the | Peunsylvania railroad office Mr. J. B. Hutch- inson, the superintendent of the Maryland divinon of the P.. W. and B. Railroad Com- fora conference on the subject of the ces of the passengers on the trains between this city aud Washington. Yesterday. ax mentioned in Tae Star, Mr. T. A. Reed, Park Agnew and other Alexandrians apreared before the District Commissioners in the matter of the Alexandria aud Mt. Vernon Electric railway. DANGEROUS AND CRIMINAL SPORT. The principal of St. John’s Academy was seriously annoved yesterday by some tricks which were not only vain but dangerous. Six times during the day little fires were kindied by incendiaries 1m different sections of the bar- racks, Bedding, clothing, &c., were set on fire bat were at once discovered And immediatel; estinguiehed, THE CORPORATION couRT., ‘The Alexandria corporation court ha: given s verdict for the defendant in the life insurance case of Shuman agt. the Metropolitan Railroad Company. In the case of Espey, foardian, agt Harman an order has been made for a convey- ance with a judicial sale. On the side of the court the estate of the late Pronate Count—. Teter ta re Annie Thom; George adminutra! i > 3 bt i | t i 1 armor belt three inches in thickness extend, fhree | the | ilal% The vegetable | locai | parliament for the Limestone division, ‘and Justice of ‘the peace of the city of 170 and reversing tory majorities of 885 in 1885 and 980 in 1886, the gain being in liberal votes, the tory vote remaining the mame. Mr. Wallace has visited America over a score of times and is largely interested in mining and other prop- erties in this country. “I reached bere,” said ‘Mr. Wallace to Tue Stan representative, “a week ago,and shall make the round trip in three weeks. I notice that the silver question is one of the absorbing topics of the moment. Englishmen look upon bimetalli«m as a fad; it cant be serious. We are all monometallixte— gold bugs, as they say. Iam largely interested in silver properties in this country, but I am on the gold side of the question. Mr. Smalley in his remarks in Tue Stax that You might as tell pile up pig lead in the treas- ury—better do so in fact. I would rather have the bare promise of this government to pay, stamped on a piece of paper, than I would one of your silver certificates that it would pay me five silver doliars on demand. Your anti-option bill is certainly an important measure, The distinction between gambling in food products and railroad shares is evident. What do the masses care whether a certain railroad stock sells at 100 or 140% It does matter to thei however, whether wheat sells for 89 cents ot 50 cents, The thing that most surprises me about | Americans in the west and ceniral west is the long hours that business continues; th | seem to be done. The trades have hours, But the bigh pressure under which bus- |iness is conducted out west is* tremen- dous. They appeat to live but to work and rush, eat and sleep, In the ea some relaxation, ease and comfort is enjoyed. Banks remain open five hours daily aud transact as great an aggregate business as if they remained open ten houra, 1 am most strongly impressed by the vast resources of this country. Everything you need is yielded from beneath or ubove the soil. A great inter- stete commerce is maintained and soar wealth | remains with you. With us our money goes to | pay other countries for necessaries consumed | by us. We must, consequently, sell something j to maintain our financial balance. If we your food produeta and refuse to recipr: cate and take our manufactured goods how can we avert bankruptey and how can we buy your | products? The McKinley bili is, therefore, to my mind a mistake. Your producer, by a fair | tariff, is directly benefited, for be gets his man- | | Ulactured goods cheaply in exchange for his surplus products. attended a meeting of the woman suffragist convention. I was struck | with the brilliancy of the specches and clear- | ness of thought. Lalso noticed the pancity of | men as spectators, Too busy, probably, those | who eympathize in the movement, to show their approval by their attendance, I am of the opin- ion thatthe Gladstonian government will re- | main in power for # long time and that Mr. Gladstone will carry through his home rule and other important liberal mensures.” One of the most important cases on the cal- |lendar of the Supreme Court will be reached | Monday. It is the case of Burden against the | Northern Pacific railroad, or more familiarly known in the northwest as the “mineral lands It affects the title to over 60,000,000 acres of surveved, unpatented lands along the | lines of the different transcontinental lines, all the land granted railroads in the mineral states and 17 per cent of the iand in the states of | Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, | iontana and Washington held as state grants for school and other purposes, | "5. MeNanght. of NewYork, counsel for the | Northern Pucitic, is at the Arlington, In dis- | cussing the issues of the case with Tae Stax | répresentative he said: “*The contention of the | defendants and the position of the different | states involved 18 the «ame, which is that all land which was known to be minergl at the time our grant attached was excepted therefrom, but all land wot known to be mineral at that time pa-sed as agricultural to the corporation and the states, The contention of the other side is the all land, whether known or unknown as mineral, is forever excepted from the grant. Assuming this doctrine to be true, if a hundred years hence some one thould discover mineral upon it he would bave a prior right thereto, with its improvements, even thongh it had been sold over and over again and a portion of a city | were built upon it, They contend that the Jand remains ‘afloat’ until the patent is issued, while we assert that it ceases to be “affoat’ at the date | of the filing of the map of the company’s definite route or the granting thereof to the state.” | His stoop was quite correct, his hat was of | the right shade and breadth of brim, his neck was mufiled in a silk scarf, bis hair was brushed forward and his hooked handle cane was carried atthe proper angie, He wasarobustly rounded | young man, smoked a cigar instead of a cigar- ette and was altogether a good healthy epecj- men of chappie, deah boy.. One might have | been deceived into the supposition that he was | capable of original thought. The guest to whom he sent his card was ont. As he turned to leave the office counter be reached for a match ‘in the silver box. Then he fuiabled around and scratched it several times fruitiessly. Finally, in that helpless, baby way that overcomes chappies wheu upect in the throes of a dilemmas, he said to the olerk: {Awh, ‘ow do you scrawtch these mawtches, now? weirTeke good match and simply strike it on the marble—you can use the seat of your trousers if you like,” was tho response, and | the belt boys buried their faces in their hands and sobbed. | “Recent disasters at sea,” said Capt. John Febrenbatch of Cincinnati, United States su- pervising inspector of steam vessels, to Tux Stax representative at Willard’s this morning, “emphasize that im atime of difficulty passengers should trast the judgment of the officers of their vessel. I hare heard it said that the officers of vessels on the interior rivers are not eficient. ‘This is unjust. On the upper Obio above the Kentucky river in the seventh dis trict there were over 4,000,000 passengers car- ried last year with but the loss of two lives and these would have been saved had the captain's orders been obeyed. We consider that a man is safer on the steamboat than on land, and ad- vance these figures in proof of it. It was at the wreck of the steamer ‘Tom Sherlock. | She had just passed unde the Cincinnati suspension bridge and was headed for the Chesapeake and Ohno bridge,the hghte of which were visible. To ws under the bridge the smokestack had to be lowered, which enveloped the pilot house in smoke, the exhaust steam making a deafening noi-e.’ The captain, belioving that the Doat was headed too mach toward the upper shore, and as the exhaust steam drowned his voice be ran from the forward part of the hurricane deck to the pilot house to give the order. The night was pitch dark, the river high and the current swift and strong. At that moment red light on the Kentucky pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge twinkled through the current ewumg.the boat galas toe pict, the curren! ° | smashing ber amidahip. The a in mind s dinner that makes elderly colored laundress who aa ber [pomamn ‘diner. What the doesn't about cooking ing. She pan seberie- toes phe’ are invited and at ape Tnever one of her dinners town, and her invitations are in demand.” “Washingtoy has a market building of which she may be justly proud,” said open matinee pre way Presidents of the board of trade, octave atthe Shoreham “and we hope to have ove modeled after ae of ike river cs “A successful playwiht,” Masco sithe Arlington this morsing to Tee Stan representative, “gives his audiences the credit of a critical intelligence, which, white perhaps not as finely trained as his own, is of @ high standard. Manv dramatists make their plavers tell the audience too mach It is ad- visable to leave considerable to the fmagina- tion, which stimulates the interest, fixes the attention and arouses the feclings of the aud- ience. The writing of piays consists of more than the mere dictation of elegantly turned sentences and pretty speeches In a pantomime the attention of the wudience is held for houra, det not a word is spoken, and laughter or tears are produced. So with the drama, one-half de- Brads epen what wi Every situation the result of care’ thonght, close se effects. One may reel off dislogne by the yard, the thing is to mas just enough, to use the wake it bumor right words in the right places and pointed. The blending of pathos wit #0 as to produce the proper effect is When it is remembered he done and the imngii couple of hours one of a drama isa most d praring pr are altered. a 1 or remodelr ded , stage bust: red or overlooked at rivate production never read play manuscr dramatists is eur- nd thousands of plays are annually ry that are not so mech as cept by the authors themselves. every manager in New York wail receive frota 100 to 200 piave « vear for reading agers emplov re i all | The ins play is only the other day dine that be bad | written fifteen plays and that nooe had been no- ticed by mi we. He said be had read every book in the Congressional Library on tbe drama | and asked me if I could not ruggest a book that | would aid bim. I guve him the same reply that | Lhave hundreds of others—that the writing of lays is not to be derived from books, Play write ing, like poetry, is mainly ration magh knowledge of t : absolutely , he characters, the the dramati arrangements and the innumerab! to the successful drama demand this kno “ This is one of tho mans reasons why euccesst al authors are not successful dramatists, If one knew the Inbor of writing a play in the first Instance and then of its mounting and final production, of the scores of times whole scenes, dialogues and acts are rewritien and rear- ranged, it would occasion «urprise. But this is ‘behind the scenes b an’, gnd all the publie Witnesses is the fiuished and ‘completed work.” Charles D. Ballard, president of the Louis- ville board of trade, is at the Shoreham. In discussing the condition of trade in the south with Ta Stan representative ho said: “Basing my judgment upon the promptnors with which collections are made at Louisville at present aad from my general knowledge, I should say that the merchants of the south are doing well and that money is comparatively easy. The short cotton crop and consequent prevailing | good prices bas brought money to those who j bad it to sell. As for Louisville, there never was atime in the history of our city when wo wero more thriving. We have a large southern trade which is expanding constantly, while our export trade has developed into gratifying pre= portions and is yearly increasing. — StiN Accounting for the Cold Weather, To the Pattor of The Bveutne Star: ‘Mr. McCabe in his article on the cold weather seems to convey the ides that I had not paid due deference to the regularity of the sun's heat. That was the very idea thet my remarks hinged upon. Without regard to the regular- ity, or irregularity, 0 far as we know, of the beating power of the sun,the weather of the globe ‘will vary from season to season. Then Mr, Me- Cabe scems to discredit mv statement that the line of travel of the “highs” and “lows” isan euigm: 4 he thinks ot absurd for one to make such @ statement. But I notice that be does not go further and #how, as it would seem he should, the cause of these variation, Bud there is no room for argument in the case; they do vary,asone cun readily see by the daily weather map, for they are never twice alike. | So without entering into a multiplicity of unimportant tails, reaching from primeval conditions to the highly civilized jo8 of metailic roofing and axphalt pavement, va repeat that while these “highs” and lows” are,as I have al: claimed them to be, subordinate factors, still they are ail im- portant ones in the distribution of beat and cold over thecountrr. One familiar only with the theoretical part ‘of the physical conditions of the earth would suppose that the winds would blow always toward the heated line of the torrid zone, but we see that they do not, and anti we had the weather map we could not understand the reason why. We now have no need to fall dack on icebergs and all such nonsense. Last spring's icebergs are of e¥en less value as @ factor in the case than last year's birds’ neste. ‘The weather map has revealed, bevond question, despite the location of the sam in the despite the removal of forests, the building ot furnaces and the increase in the areas of cities, that the “highs” and “lows” move on, passis overthecountry and around the world ot, lines from the west toward the east, their live of pressure, as well as their rate of travel, never being twice alike. In all their poimts they are as infinite in their variety as is the kaleido- scope. ‘They likewise move in belts, When we refer to being under the inf.aence of « north “ow” it would seem to be plainiy understood that the belt of “low” next north of our lecal- ity was the one referred to, for certainly we could not be under the influence of one so far berond ts that the “high” would come in and but os out. In the United States the relative north “low” is that which we see so frequent traveling on the line of about 50 degrees a 4 | latitude. Now, if the “high” 1s central far to the south, say within the area of the Gulf of Mexico, as during the greater part of the sum- mer months, there is the opportunity for the south winds to move all the way from the warm south country to the Canada line. When we have ap “open winter” this will be the condi~ tion which prevails. When we have euch ther as we have thus far bad in 1892-93 the highs” will be found to move quite centrally. ‘The north “low” will in this case add nothing to our comfort, for the hillof “high,” like » huge mountain, bas cut off the flow of warm airs from the south, whereby the north country would be heated. ‘The weather map, day by day, records facta, facta that neither ol-time theories nor early im- ill notbave any warmer and latitude, and allow us to come under the influence of the “lows” traveling on the rela~ tivoly high line—i.e., the line of the lakes and the St. Lawrence valley. LP. Jauuary 20, 1893, —>— Souvenir Coins, In compliance with many requests, Tre Stam has secured, for the accommodation of its patrons, a supply of Columbian Exposition Souvenir half dollaf coins, which will be fur- nished at cost price,—one dollar each. Apply a®Sthe counter of Tre Stas basiness office,